The health care field is ever changing and the needs of health care are widening. Nurses need to participate and take the lead for interprofessional initiation and coordination to prevent disease, promote health, improve care quality, increase safety and work efficiency (Academic Progression in Nursing [APIN], 2014). The bachelor prepared nurses who also have knowledge in public and community health are capable of delivering health care to a diverse population in health care field, including home, community, public health, acute care facilities, and research. Therefore, to prepare the qualified workforces the IOM report recommended an increase in bachelor prepared nurses proportion to 80% by 2020. The writer meets this recommendation by having
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Because of the BSN study, the writer is able to widen competencies, confidence, and assertiveness which can be applied in critical thinking to comprise multidisciplinary care approach and evidence based practice. This allows the writer to make good clinical decisions, along with providing safe and quality patient care by wisely utilizing of limited resources to enhance patient outcome. Through a BSN education, the writer has gained knowledge about leadership skills which can be used to delegate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to manage problems, find solutions, and improve the quality of healthcare and patients outcome. The BSN education has created an endless opportunity for the writer not only in an acute care setting, but also in research, community, and public health care setting. In the future, the writer can play a significant role in the nursing profession by engaging in policy making, public health nursing, quality improvement, leadership, and safety. Thus, the current job market for the writer is wide and has a good prospect of growth because employers would hire the capable and experienced person to enhance the welfare of the company. The writer has also gained an added advantage over others who do not have a BSN degree. The BSN level of education will reduce the risk of unemployment for the writer. It has generated the ability to compete with a wider …show more content…
The lifelong learning is necessary to increase competency, enhance skills, knowledge, and performances of health care workers and increase patient outcome (David & Stanly, 2010). Knowing the importance of lifelong learning, the IOM report has recommended that nurses engage in learning throughout life. The writer also agrees with this report and has maintained continuing education regularly. Continuous learning facilitates the writer to provide quality of care, improve professional growth, adaptation of new technology, and application of research finding into nursing practices. Through continued education, the writer gains the natural learning ability, self-esteem, advancement of career, widened thinking and rationalizing power. Moreover, it helps ease the adoption of new challenges and changes in health care practices such as technology and policy changes, and also increase understanding, renew skills, knowledge and develop
Because of the BSN study, the writer is able to widen competencies, confidence, and assertiveness which can be applied in critical thinking to comprise multidisciplinary care approach and evidence based practice. This allows the writer to make good clinical decisions, along with providing safe and quality patient care by wisely utilizing of limited resources to enhance patient outcome. Through a BSN education, the writer has gained knowledge about leadership skills which can be used to delegate and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to manage problems, find solutions, and improve the quality of healthcare and patients outcome. The BSN education has created an endless opportunity for the writer not only in an acute care setting, but also in research, community, and public health care setting. In the future, the writer can play a significant role in the nursing profession by engaging in policy making, public health nursing, quality improvement, leadership, and safety. Thus, the current job market for the writer is wide and has a good prospect of growth because employers would hire the capable and experienced person to enhance the welfare of the company. The writer has also gained an added advantage over others who do not have a BSN degree. The BSN level of education will reduce the risk of unemployment for the writer. It has generated the ability to compete with a wider …show more content…
The lifelong learning is necessary to increase competency, enhance skills, knowledge, and performances of health care workers and increase patient outcome (David & Stanly, 2010). Knowing the importance of lifelong learning, the IOM report has recommended that nurses engage in learning throughout life. The writer also agrees with this report and has maintained continuing education regularly. Continuous learning facilitates the writer to provide quality of care, improve professional growth, adaptation of new technology, and application of research finding into nursing practices. Through continued education, the writer gains the natural learning ability, self-esteem, advancement of career, widened thinking and rationalizing power. Moreover, it helps ease the adoption of new challenges and changes in health care practices such as technology and policy changes, and also increase understanding, renew skills, knowledge and develop